Mike Doughty ( /ˈdoʊtiː/ DOH-tee;^[1] born June 10, 1970) is an American indie and alternative rock singer-songwriter and author. He led the band Soul Coughing in the 1990s, and in the 2000s, became a solo artist. His best known songs include "Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well" "I Hear the Bells", and "Busting Up a Starbucks."

Early life[link]

The son of a military family, he moved around the country and Europe, and spent his teenage years living on the grounds of the United States Military Academy at West Point where he attended James I. O'Neill High School in Highland Falls, New York. From there he attended Bard College at Simon's Rock. He eventually moved to New York City to study poetry at the New School University, where singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco was one of his classmates in Sekou Sundiata's poetry course, "The Shape and Nature of Things to Come."^[2]

Career[link]

In 1992, Doughty, then a doorman at the New York avant-garde club The Knitting Factory founded Soul Coughing (billing himself as M. Doughty), and released the minor hit singles "Super Bon Bon" and "Circles".

Wearying of the band and addicted to heroin, Doughty broke up Soul Coughing in 2000, and was promptly dropped by Warner Brothers. A few weeks later, Doughty beat his addiction and started touring as a solo artist. He drove around the country in a rental car, covering 9,000 miles on his first tour, playing acoustic shows, often to crowds of Soul Coughing fans. After the shows, he would sit at the front of the stage and sell copies of his acoustic album Skittish — then on CD-Rs in plain white sleeves — a record that he had recorded for, and which was rejected by Warner Brothers in 1996.^[3] During his three-year tour, Doughty sold 20,000 copies of Skittish and gradually developed a following independent of Soul Coughing.

At the Bonnaroo music festival in 2004, Doughty bumped into Dave Matthews, a longtime Soul Coughing fan who had the band open for him on two US tours, including shows at Madison Square Garden. When Matthews professed to be a fan of Doughty's solo record Rockity Roll and the song "27 Jennifers," Doughty gave him a CD with rough mixes of an album he had been working on in Minneapolis with singer-songwriter and producer Dan Wilson. Matthews eventually released the album on his ATO label as Haughty Melodic (an anagram for 'Michael Doughty'.) Haughty Melodic's hit single, "Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well," received heavy airplay in 2005; Doughty made a music video for the song with director/photographer Danny Clinch, opened for DMB at Madison Square Garden, and appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman.

Founding Mike Doughty's Band, featuring Dan Chen (keyboard and synthesizer), Pete McNeal (drums), and Andrew "Scrap" Livingston (upright bass), Doughty toured extensively in 2005. In the summer of 2006 Dan Chen left the group, and was replaced by John Kirby.

In February 2008, Doughty released his fourth solo album, Golden Delicious, also produced by Dan Wilson. The album features a reworked version of "27 Jennifers", which received some radio attention following the release. The album was followed by a full-band tour in the spring.

Mike Doughty released his fifth album, Sad Man, Happy Man on October 6, 2009. It consists of 18 tracks including a version of "Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Three is a Magic Number". While the album is not a solo record, its sound is reminiscent of his days as a solo acoustic performer and debut album, Skittish, when compared to the full band sounds of Haughty Melodic and Golden Delicious. Doughty embarked on a tour,"The Question Jar" tour, in the fall of 2009 to support the album, backed again by Andrew "Scrap" Livingston.

On July 6, 2010, Doughty debuted 14 new songs at the Rubin Museum of Art in NYC. Some of the song titles were "I Love Surprises", "Shine", and "Russell". Videos of these can be viewed on YouTube. During the performance, Doughty would read lyrics from a music stand, and then, when finished with each song, crumple the paper and throw it into the audience. He performed this show alone, stating his partner, Andrew "Scrap" Livingston, became a taxi driver. Whether or not this was a joke is unclear.

Doughty's album, Yes and Also Yes, was released in August 2011. It includes songs such as "The Huffer and The Cutter",^[4] "Hapless Dancer", "Day By Day By", and "Na Na Nothing".

In January 2012, The Book of Drugs, Doughty's memoir about his "ugly, drug-doing years",^[5] was published by Da Capo Press.

In 2012 Doughty recorded a version of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" for a fund raising cd titled "Super Hits Of The Seventies" for radio station WFMU.^[6]

Doughty's latest album, The Question Jar Show, was released in late January 2012. It is a two disc set containing highlights from his Question Jar tour.

Doughty started "The Lo-Fi Lodge", a subscription based album, where fans had the opportunity to sign up and receive a song a week for 32 weeks (for a total of 32 songs). The songs will include previously unreleased material, demos, and acoustic versions of released songs. Doughty mentioned that it will include songs from the Evenhand soundtrack. As of April 27th, fans can no longer sign up for the subscription.

In media[link]

Doughty is an active blogger, commenting on pop culture, his life as a musician and his fans, and writing about and photographing his numerous travels. In 2002, Doughty recorded four songs for the film EvenHand. "Get Along" was subsequently released as a bonus track on Skittish / Rockity Roll. In 2003, Doughty released a book of poetry entitled Slanky (ISBN 1-887128-71-9). In 2004, Doughty recorded the anti-Iraq War anthem "Move On," which appeared on the compilation Future Soundtrack for America.^[7]

"Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well" was featured on the show Grey's Anatomy and also is on the soundtrack. This song was also featured in a 2005 episode of Bones titled "The Man in the Bear", and on a 2007 episode of the TV show What About Brian. Doughty's song, "I Hear the Bells", is featured prominently in an episode of Veronica Mars called "Look Who's Stalking" and also appears on the show's soundtrack. His song "(I Keep On) Rising Up" appears in the 2010 Jack Black film, "Gulliver's Travels (2010 film)".

Doughty's publicist, Andy Adelewitz, sends out an annual April Fool's Day email with fake Mike Doughty news. Past jokes have said that he was changing his name to Mike "Lion-Heart" Doughty, and had accepted an offer to become the new guitar player in Limp Bizkit. A message in April 2006 said that Doughty announced he was running for the New York State Senate, representing the 7th District (comprising most of northern Nassau County, Long Island), in order to ease tensions between Long Island authorities and soy gluten farmers.^[8]

Doughty currently has a large list of unreleased songs registered on the Harry Fox Agency website. Song titles include: "Booty Czar", "Feverish", "I Think I Know How I Feel About You", "I Wish To Fix It", "Jimmy Snackbar", "Leap & Land", "Loveliness", "Never Known To Nap" (possibly an early version of "Burn You Down"), "Oh Tanya", "Phnom Penh", "Rosearise", "Split", "She's The Ginchiest", "Some Clown", "Utility Man" (possibly an early version of "More Bacon than the Pan Can Handle"), "Who Do you Think You Are", and "Walk the Plank".

Solo discography[link]

• Skittish (recorded 1996; released 2000)
• Smofe + Smang: Live in Minneapolis (2002)
• Rockity Roll (2003)
• Skittish / Rockity Roll (2004)

A two disc re-release which includes the out-of-print Skittish, the Rockity Roll EP, and five bonus tracks.

• Haughty Melodic (2005) #175 U.S.

Doughty's first full-band album, released on May 3, 2005.

• The Gambler (2005)

Six song EP exclusively on iTunes Music Store. Title track is a cover of the Kenny Rogers hit.

• Golden Delicious (2008) #87 U.S.

• Busking (2008)

Limited edition Live LP sold only at shows. Contains 12 tracks from a 2007 busking performance in the 14th street subway station in New York City.^[9]

• Busking EP (2008)

An EP, featuring five tracks from the Busking LP.

• Sad Man Happy Man (2009) #138 U.S.
• Dubious Luxury (2011)

An electro/sampled/sonic-slice-and-dice album put out as an appetizer to the singer/songwriter album, Yes and Also Yes.^[10]

• Yes and Also Yes (2011)
• The Question Jar Show (2012)

A two disc album compiling the best of his Question Jar tour.

• The Lo-Fi Lodge (2012)

An online subscription album which will include 32 previously unreleased songs dispersed weekly.

Music videos[link]

• "Looking At the World From The Bottom of a Well"
• "27 Jennifers"
• "Fort Hood"
• "Put It Down"
• "(You Should Be) Doubly (Gratified)"
• "(I Keeping On) Rising Up"
• "Na Na Nothing"

References[link]

External links[link]

• Mikedoughty.com, Doughty's website
• Doughty's entry at Allmusic
• Live Music Archive
• Interview with Mike Doughty (video)
• "Venti Venting," article about Doughty's song "Busting up a Starbucks"
• The Tempest, 1988 (poster) - Doughty wrote the musical score for a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.
• Mike Doughty in studio performance
• Interview at WickedInfo.com

The Twilight Sad
James Graham and former bassist Craig Orzel at Avalanche Records, June 2008.
Background information
Origin	Kilsyth, Scotland
Genres	Post-punk revival, shoegazing, indie rock, noise rock, industrial
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Fat Cat Records
Associated acts	The Fruit Tree Foundation, Orzelda, Frightened Rabbit
Website	The Twilight Sad
Members
James Graham (vocals) Andy MacFarlane (guitar) Mark Devine (drums)
Past members
Craig Orzel (bass)

The Twilight Sad are an indie rock band from Kilsyth, Scotland, comprising James Graham (vocals), Andy MacFarlane (guitar), and Mark Devine (drums). The band are currently signed to Fat Cat Records and have released three full-length albums, as well as several EPs and singles. Their 2007 debut album, Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters, drew widespread acclaim from critics,^[1] who noted Graham's thick Scottish accent and MacFarlane's dense sonic walls of shoegazing guitar and wheezing accordion. The Twilight Sad's notoriously loud live performances have been described as "completely ear-splitting,"^[2] and the band toured for the album across Europe and the United States throughout 2007 and 2008. Sessions inspired by stripped-down and reworked live performances yielded the 2008 mini-album, Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did.

Their second album, Forget the Night Ahead, marked a shift in the band's direction; lyrically more personal and musically darker and more streamlined,^[3] it was released in 2009 to further acclaim.^[4] Recording sessions for the album also produced the mid-2010 release The Wrong Car, which followed the departure of founding bassist Craig Orzel in February 2010. The Twilight Sad's third album, No One Can Ever Know, was released in February 2012 and marked another stylistic shift, with the band citing industrial music and krautrock influences for a darker, sparser sound.^[5] The band describes their sound as "folk with layers of noise,"^[6] and music critics have described the band as "perennially unhappy"^[7] and "a band that inject some real emotion and dynamic excitement into a comparatively standard template."^[8]

History[link]

Beginnings (2003–2006)[link]

The foundation for the group started when vocalist James Graham met guitarist Andy MacFarlane in high school and went on to form a cover band with some friends, which included drummer Mark Devine. After graduating school, they decided to take it more seriously. In late 2003, MacFarlane met bassist Craig Orzel in a bus stop and invited him to join the newly formed band.^[9]

They performed two highly experimental shows at The 13th Note Café in Glasgow that revolved around 30-minute noise jams with guitars, bass, drums, theremin, tape loops from films and old folk and country songs, effects pedals, toy keyboards, thumb pianos, and computer games.^[10] Afterwards, they decided to take a more traditional approach, which led them to write their first song, "That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy".^[11]

In September 2005, they produced a 4-song demo with a 24-track desk, trying to get the best representation as possible, and sent it over to Brighton-based Fat Cat Records. Alex Knight, co-founder of the label, went to Glasgow to watch the band perform their third gig and signed them on the spot.^[12][13]

The band credit Planet Sound for giving them their first review, when a demo of their song "That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy" received a 9/10 rating from the magazine in 2005.^[14] James Graham remarked, "That was the first review we ever had... we were thrilled. It gave us a lot of confidence we were on the right path." They later assembled those early demos in the form of their self-titled debut EP, a US-only EP released in November 2006, then proceeded to play the fourth gig of their career at New York's CMJ Music Marathon. During this time the band also toured with Micah P. Hinson and participated in 2007's South by Southwest music festival before their debut album was released.

[edit] Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters (2007–2008)

Their debut studio album, Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters, was released in April 2007, featuring production from guitarist Andy MacFarlane and mixed by Peter Katis. The album was recorded over a short period of just three days, and the songs featured were the first ones the band had ever written.^[15] It received good critical reception from independent media;^[1] the album was lauded as 2007's "Album of the Year" in Planet Sound and The Skinny in Scotland.

In July 2007, the band contributed a cover of Radiohead's "Climbing Up the Walls" to the download-only compilation Stereogum Presents... OKX: A Tribute to OK Computer, a track-for-track collection of covers commemorating the 10-year anniversary of Radiohead's OK Computer album.^[16]

Inspired by a stripped down performance at London's Union Chapel,^[17] the band reworked some of the songs on Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters for a new mini-album entitled Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did, released in June 2008.

During this time, the band supported acts such as Mogwai, The Smashing Pumpkins, Snow Patrol, David Pajo, Battles, Beirut, Frightened Rabbit, and Idlewild. During their winter tour with Mogwai, the band released Killed My Parents and Hit the Road, a compilation of live recordings, covers, acoustic demos, and unreleased material.^[18]

[edit] Forget the Night Ahead and Orzel's departure (2009–2010)

The band released their second studio album, Forget the Night Ahead, in September 2009. Musically, they described the album as "noisier and bigger", where they experimented with a lot of instruments and different sounds, including fire extinguishers.^[19][20] The album was released to further critical acclaim,^[21] and was supported by multiple tours of Europe and the United States.

On 8 February 2010, it was announced that founding bassist Craig Orzel had left the band. With a statement on the band's official blog,^[22] Orzel cited personal reasons for the departure and later stated that "there were some changes I wanted to make to my life that I felt being in The Sad was allowing me to put off."^[9][23] Orzel continues to record music under his solo moniker, Orzelda.^[9] Following Orzel's departure, the band added Johnny Docherty, of Take a Worm for a Walk Week, to the band's live line-up.^[9][24]

The band's first release since Orzel's departure, an EP entitled The Wrong Car, was released in late September 2010. The EP features two previously unreleased songs which were written and recorded during the sessions for Forget the Night Ahead, as well as two remixes by Simon Ward of Errors and Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai.

[edit] No One Can Ever Know (2010–present)

Whilst on tour with Errors in October 2010, vocalist James Graham stated that "the next [album] is not going to be anything like the first two. [...] The wall of sound is kinda gone. Andy [MacFarlane]'s demos involve a lot of keyboards, and it's a lot more considered." Additional musician Martin "Dok" Doherty also stated that "the band who make the same record over and over don't have a very long career."^[25] The band returned to the studio in January 2011.^[26] In April 2011, the band released a free acoustic EP on their official blog.^[27] The release featured stripped-back renditions of tracks from both Forget the Night Ahead and The Wrong Car.

The Twilight Sad's third album, No One Can Ever Know, was released on 6 February 2012. Andy MacFarlane describes the album's sound as "sparser... with a colder, slightly militant feel," and the band received some production assistance from producer Andrew Weatherall, who helped in their experimenting with analog synthesizers.^[28] The band released a new song, the album's closing track "Kill It in the Morning", for free on their new website and SoundCloud page on 21 September 2011. The first proper single from the album, "Sick", was made available as a 7" vinyl single and digital download on 14 November 2011.^[29] Second single "Another Bed" followed the album's release on 20 February 2012.^[30]

Following nationwide tours of the United States and the United Kingdom, the band are set to release a collection of remixes entitled No One Can Ever Know Remixes on 16 July 2012.^[31]

Music style and influences[link]

When asked to describe their debut album, Graham says the band likes to see their songs as "folk with layers of noise", as they are based on experiences that have happened to them, around their hometowns or people they know.^[6] They often cite the works of Daniel Johnston, Serge Gainsbourg, Phil Spector, Arab Strap, and Leonard Cohen as influences.^[10][12] By the time of their third album, the band began exploring industrial and krautrock facets of their influences, citing artists such as Cabaret Voltaire, Public Image Ltd, Can, Liars, Autechre, and Magazine as key inspirations.^[5]

In an October 2009 interview with The Fly, they admitted, "We are still at the stage where we don't really know where we are in this whole music industry thing. We know people like us, but we don't really know where we fit in or, if we go to certain places, up or not. [...] It's not like we're a stadium band. We're not a lads band, like Oasis or something. We're not a scenestery band, and yet we're not a pure experimental band either. Obviously we're noisy and stuff, but we write proper songs as well."^[32]

Where the band's recorded sound is layered with many melodies, their live sound is a more intense experience with a more visceral wall of noise, something the band wanted to do all along.^[12] Graham stated, "We like having the contrast between the record and playing live. There are a lot more instruments on the record. There's only four of us in the band, so we have to keep it as simple as possible. I don't know about you, but I don't like going to see a band that sounds just like their album. That's what we try not to do."^[33]

Although the band's music is generally described as "anthemic" and "arena-friendly," they are quick to say their ambition is quite simple: "We don't want to be festival headliners, we just want to make enough money that we can stay in a band and keep making music."^[34]

Side projects and collaborations[link]

Guitarist Andy MacFarlane composed the song "The Weath-er Is Bad" for Semiconductor Films' short film Brillant Noise, a film pieced together from archive NASA footage of the sun's surface.^[35] The song was later included on the Killed My Parents and Hit the Road compilation. MacFarlane also provided a remix of Errors' song "Bridge or Cloud?" in January 2010, which was posted as a free download on NME's website.^[36][37] In February 2011, MacFarlane provided a remix of Fat Cat labelmate Ensemble's track "Before Night", which was posted as a "song of the day" on The Line of Best Fit's website.^[38][39]

Singer James Graham appears on the live album Quietly Now! by fellow Scottish band Frightened Rabbit, providing additional vocals on the track "Keep Yourself Warm".^[40] In 2011, Graham appeared as a guest vocalist and songwriter on the album First Edition by The Fruit Tree Foundation, a supergroup collaboration of Scottish musicians headed by Rod Jones and Emma Pollock for the benefit of the Mental Health Foundation for Scotland.^[41]

Under the name Orzelda,^[42] former bassist Craig Orzel released a solo album, The Wee Shop Is Filled With Delights, in 2008, with the EPs My Dress Up and Spiders following in 2010.^[43]

Members[link]

Core members[link]

• James Graham – vocals (2003–present)
• Andy MacFarlane – guitar, accordion, noise (2003–present)
• Mark Devine – drums (2003–present)

Live members[link]

• Martin "Dok" Doherty – keyboards, backing vocals, guitar (2008–present)
• Johnny Docherty – bass (2010–present)

Former members[link]

• Craig Orzel – bass, glockenspiel (2003–2010)

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

EPs[link]

Compilations[link]

Singles[link]

Music videos[link]

External links[link]

• The Twilight Sad's official website
• The Twilight Sad's official Blogspot site
• The Twilight Sad at FatCat Records

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b} "Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters by The Twilight Sad". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/twilightsad/fourteenautumnsandfifteenwinters. Retrieved 18 May 2010. 
2. ^ Cohen, Ian (8 September 2008). "Pitchfork: Album Reviews: The Twilight Sad: Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did EP". http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12158-here-it-never-snowed-afterwards-it-did-ep/. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
3. ^ Phares, Heather. "Forget the Night Ahead - The Twilight Sad". http://allmusic.com/album/forget-the-night-ahead-r1633968/review. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
4. ^ "Forget the Night Ahead by The Twilight Sad". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/twilightsad/forgetthenightahead. Retrieved 19 July 2010. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "The Twilight Sad Set To Release New Album 'No One Can Ever Know' On 7 February, Playing SXSW". 14 November 2011. http://theaudioperv.com/2011/11/14/the-twilight-sad-set-to-release-new-album-%E2%80%98no-one-will-ever-know%E2%80%99-on-february-7-playing-sxsw/. Retrieved 23 December 2011. 
6. ^ ^{a b} Briercliffe, Simon (12 May 2007). "The Twilight Sad: Live at The Borderline, London (10/05/2007)". http://www.noripcord.com/features/the-twilight-sad-live-the-borderline-london-10052007. Retrieved 23 March 2011. 
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8. ^ Briercliffe, Simon (24 April 2007). "The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns And Fifteen Winters". No Ripcord. http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/the-twilight-sad/fourteen-autumns-and-fifteen-winters. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
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11. ^ Wamaswamy, Chitra (27 January 2008). "Tripping the light fantastic - Scotland on Sunday". http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/features/Tripping-the-light-fantastic-.3713947.jp. Retrieved 23 March 2011. 
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13. ^ "The Twilight Sad // Drowned In Sound". http://drownedinsound.com/directory/artists/The_Twilight_Sad. Retrieved 23 March 2011. 
14. ^ Dowling, Jordan (13 November 2007). "The Twilight Sad: talking with fireworks". http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/2558867-the-twilight-sad--talking-with-fireworks. Retrieved 23 March 2011. 
15. ^ Gourlay, Dom (2 July 2009). "DiS meets The Twilight Sad". http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4137032-dis-meets-the-twilight-sad. Retrieved 23 March 2011. 
16. ^ "Stereogum Presents... OKX: A Tribute to OK Computer". 10 July 2007. http://stereogum.com/okx/. 
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18. ^ Maher, Dave (27 October 2008). "Pitchfork: Twilight Sad Bundle Smiths, Joy Division, YYYs Covers". http://pitchfork.com/news/33866-twilight-sad-bundle-smiths-joy-division-yyys-covers/. 
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20. ^ Currie, Wendy (31 July 2009). "SoundFreak Interview: The Twilight Sad Friday 31 July 2009". http://www.soundfreak.co.uk/cgi-bin/content/viewnews.cgi?id=EkuApVVVkVykkjzVvh&tmpl=interviews. 
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23. ^ Pirnia, Garin (1 May 2010). "The Twilight Sad: Chicago Innerview". http://www.chicagoinnerview.com/?p=2786. 
24. ^ Kerr, Andrew (22 February 2010). "Twilight Sad Reveal New Lineup". http://www.spinner.com/2010/02/22/twilight-sad-reveal-new-line-up/. 
25. ^ "Peenko: An Interview with: The Twilight Sad". 15 October 2010. http://peenko.blogspot.com/2010/10/interview-with-twilight-sad.html. Retrieved 19 October 2010. 
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29. ^ "FatCat Records: News - The Twilight Sad break their silence! New Album Announced, Free Track 'Kill It In The Morning'". 21 September 2011. http://www.fat-cat.co.uk/panels/latest_news_story/the-twilight-sad-break-their-silence-new-album-announced-free-track-kill-it. Retrieved 21 September 2011. 
30. ^ "TotallyVivid: The Twilight Sad - Another Bed". 28 November 2011. http://www.totallyvivid.com/2011/11/twilight-sad-another-bed.html. Retrieved 6 February 2012. 
31. ^ ^{a b} "Twilight Sad: No One Can Ever Know Remixes: CD Music Details". http://www.importcds.com/Music/2411994/Twilight-Sad-No-One-Can-Ever-Know-Remixes-CD. Retrieved 29 May 2012. 
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33. ^ Krinsley, Jeremy (19 June 2007). "Twilight Sad's fly by night summer stopover". http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/twilight-sads-fly-by-night-summ#. 
34. ^ Geoghegan, Kev (13 July 2008). "BBC - Newsbeat - Music - T time for new bands at festival". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7504000/7504116.stm. 
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38. ^ "FatCat Records: News - The Twilight Sad remix Ensemble". 17 February 2011. http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/news.php?id=1748. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 
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Gary C. Clark (born May 1, 1962) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League who played for the Washington Redskins (1985–1992), Phoenix Cardinals (1993–1994) and Miami Dolphins (1995).

Early life[link]

Clark attended and played high school football at Pulaski County High School in Dublin, Virginia.

College career[link]

Clark played college football at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he caught 155 passes for 2,863 yards and 16 touchdowns. He also had three punt returns for touchdowns, including 89- and 87-yard returns in a game during the 1983 season against the University of Virginia. Clark was at James Madison during the Dukes' first four Division I-AA seasons. He caught 46 passes for James Madison's 8-3 team in 1982 and had 57 receptions in 1983. He was the Virginia offensive player of the year in 1982 and an honorable mention All-American in 1982 and 1983.

Clark became the first person in James Madison history to have his jersey retired.

Professional career[link]

USFL[link]

After college, Clark played for the Jacksonville Bulls of the United States Football League after being picked in the United States Football League draft. He played for the Bulls in 1984 and 1985.

NFL[link]

Clark was selected by the Washington Redskins in the second round of the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft of USFL and CFL Players.

In 1985, he signed with the Redskins and had a superb rookie season, recording 72 receptions for 926 yards and five touchdowns. Clark quickly established himself as one of the top receivers in the NFL. He followed up his superb rookie season in 1986 with a Pro Bowl year catching 74 passes for 1,265 yards and seven touchdowns. Clark set a Redskin record for receiving yards in a game during a Monday Night Football contest with the New York Giants. He caught 11 passes for 241 yards and a touchdown. The record still stands today as the "most receiving yards in a non-strike game" (Anthony Allen surpassed Clark's tally during the 1987 strike season). The Redskins went on to finish 12-4 and defeated the reigning Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears, 27-13, in a divisional playoff game but lost to the Giants in the NFC Championship game, 17-0.

In 1987, Clark again had a Pro Bowl year, catching 56 passes for 1,066 and seven touchdowns. He achieved these numbers in only 11 games, as a player strike shortened the season by one game and replacements played three games. No Redskin player crossed the picket line and the replacements went 3-0. Clark was only one of four NFL receivers to surpass 1,000 yards. By this time, he had caught the eye of CBS commentator John Madden. Clark's toughness, big-play ability and willingness to block made him a regular on the All Madden Team during his playing career. The Redskins went on to finish 11-4, winning the NFC East crown. In the playoffs, the Redskins defeated the Chicago Bears in the Divisional Playoff game for the second year in a row, 21-17. Clark caught three passes for 57 yards and a touchdown in the NFC Championship game against the Minnesota Vikings. The Redskins won, 17-10, to earn the right to play in Super Bowl XXII. Clark caught three passes for 55 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 25 yards in Washington's 42-10 rout of John Elway and the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXII.

Clark's numbers dropped in 1988 as he caught 59 passes for 892 yards and seven touchdowns. The Redskins finished a paltry 7-9 and missed the playoffs. He returned to form in 1989, catching 79 passes (a career high) for 1,229 yards and nine touchdowns. The Redskins finished 10-6 but missed the playoffs again because of a 5-6 start. Clark, along with fellow receivers Art Monk and Ricky Sanders, surpassed the 1,000 yard mark in 1989. This was the first time in NFL History that three receivers from one team all went over the 1,000 yard mark in the same year.

In 1990, Clark had another Pro Bowl year and the Redskins made the playoffs. He caught 75 passes for 1,112 yards and eight touchdowns. The Redskins went on to beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 20-6, in an NFC Wild Card game. Clark caught four passes for 63 yards and a touchdown. The Redskins lost the next week to the San Francisco 49ers, 28-10.

In 1991, Clark and the Redskins tore through the NFL. He caught 70 passes for 1,340 yards and ten touchdowns. His 19.1 yards per catch was second in the NFL. Clark caught four passes for 203 yards and three touchdowns in Washington's 56-17 rout of the Atlanta Falcons in week 11. The Redskins finished 14-2, won the NFC East, and claimed home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Washington beat Atlanta, 24-7, and crushed Detroit, 41-10, to earn a berth in Super Bowl XXVI against the Buffalo Bills. Clark had a big day with seven catches for 114 yards and a touchdown in Washington's 37-24 defeat of the Bills. The Redskins led 24-0 early in the third quarter, but Buffalo cut the lead to 24-10. His 30-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter was instrumental in thwarting a comeback attempt by the Bills.

Clark, Monk and Sanders gave the Redskins one of the best receiving corps in the NFL during the late 1980s and early 1990s. They were known as The Posse. Clark was long known as the most fiery spirit of the bunch, and he was known to run laps around RFK Stadium after touchdowns and during Redskins comebacks. Clark signed with the Phoenix Cardinals as a free agent prior to the 1993 season, and the Redskins have only made the playoffs three times since.

Clark retired from the NFL after the 1995 season. In his 11 NFL seasons, he caught 699 passes for 10,856 yards and 65 touchdowns, while rushing for 54 yards and gaining 62 yards on nine punt returns. He also had twenty-seven 100-yard games wearing the Redskins uniform. Clark was a four-time Pro Bowl selection in 1986, 1987, 1990, and 1991. He was also a three-time All-Pro selection. He led his team in receiving seven times (1986, 1987, 1989–1992, 1994), and won two Super Bowls, Super Bowl XXII and Super Bowl XXVI, during his NFL career.

Clark was the first receiver in NFL history to catch at least 50 passes in his first ten NFL seasons. As of 2009, the only other players to do so have been Marvin Harrison and Torry Holt.

Notes[link]

Clark was the owner of the now closed South Beach Restaurant and Martini Lounge in Bethesda, Maryland.

He was inducted into the Redskins Ring of Honor on October 7, 2007 and concluded his speech with, "We are going to spank Detroit's butt." The Redskins won the game, 34-3.

In 2007, he was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

External links[link]

• Clark's statistics
• More Career Stats
• Gary Clark Biography
• JMU Athletic Hall of Fame